Il giorno lun, 01/06/2009 alle 11.55 -0400, Celeste Lyn Paul ha scritto: > On Monday 01 June 2009 11:19:31 am Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: > > Il giorno lun, 01/06/2009 alle 10.30 -0400, Celeste Lyn Paul ha scritto: > > > kwin can also know when a dropdown or context menu is open. i've been > > > looking > > > into the possibility of delaying notifications which occur during > > > these types > > > of interactions for n seconds. several researcher groups have found > > > significant > > > benefits for these types of "computer-mediated" interruptions. > > > > At an intuitive level can we say that when dropdowns or context menus > > are opened, the user is typically doing something short and that > > requires focus (such as filling in a form or selecting a menu entry) and > > then it is better not to interrupt the user in that precise moment? > > > > I see that when I am chosing a menu entry I wouldn't normally move my > > eyes to look at a notification. > > Sometimes you don't have a choice. Screen flickers and animation have a high > attentional draw and your eye will react by instinct. That's why things like > advertisements on websites are so annoying. However, the more focused you > are, > the less attentional draw it will have but usually that only matters to tiny > things like an icon appearing or changing color, not a popup on your screen.
Yes I meant that I would not _want to_ move my eyes, that's because I am carefully moving my hand to select something and it's already more difficult than it should be. Trying not to interrupt an user when she is performing tasks that require motion-eye coordination may be a very good idea. > > Do you have pointers to some document by these research groups? > > I have a very long bibliography on the subject, but I'm not sure you want to > go through a hundred research papers. Thanks, it's just to keep some sort of pointers to real studies when we talk about design principles, names of researchers are enough for me :) Vincenzo _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
